Search Results: 'Forest Research'

Building the future
15 December, 2001
Finland sees huge potential in building with wood. With an abundancy of forest resources, innovation in construction and the increasingly green credentials of timber it's not surprising the country is talking up the future.

Dried and tested
15 December, 2001
Iggesund's latest investment makes it an even greater force in the special drying market – and it's now making big moves in finishing.

Fingers crossed for growth
15 December, 2001
Analysts are generally upbeat about the UK economy's prospects.

Training examined
24 November, 2001
The Forest Products Research Centre held its inaugural seminar recently.

Housing set to slow
24 November, 2001
The property market looks nervous, but pundits put the chance of a UK recession at only 10-15%. Peter Varley reports

Confidence in a crisis
10 November, 2001
Delegates at the American Hardwood Export Council's ninth European Convention acknowledged current difficulties in the international market. But they also expressed confidence in the longer term for timber generally, and American hardwood in particular.

Staying in the pink
03 November, 2001
Importers of Ghanaian hardwoods are facing a tightening supply situation. They would do well to cast their nets wider and consider some of the country's lesser-used species

Production cuts continue
15 September, 2001
Finland has continued to make cutbacks in production but the reduced supply should reap benefits at the end of the year

A Good tale to tell
25 August, 2001

Enterprising Ireland
07 July, 2001
Ireland's timber industry is enjoying a new level of co-operation. Keren Fallwell reports on two of the organisations that are involved

Global warning
24 March, 2001
Climate change could have a dramatic effect on forestry in Britain. Tim Rayden and Nick Brown of the Oxford Forestry Institute explain

Casualties expected as low prices continue
24 March, 2001
The European softwood market is subdued and the new markets of Japan and the US provide little hope as the two countries deal with their own economic problems

Elliottii plywood keeps the pressure on
17 March, 2001
The continuing low price of Brazilian elliottii plywood is affecting sales of competing products, while oversupply and bad weather are putting pressure on OSB

Grange clocks up the miles
17 March, 2001
As one of the country's market leaders in garden products, Grange Fencing is gearing up for Easter's gardening frenzy.

Twin-ply board extends cedar supply
10 March, 2001
With the supply of clear grade western red cedar expected to decline markedly, the development of a new lamination process could extend the timber's availability

BRE gets stuck in on wet gluing
10 February, 2001

A pillar of the ESTABLISHMENT
10 February, 2001
BRE has come a long way since its privatisation. Ian Martin spoke to Dr Tony Bravery, director of BRE's Centre for Timber Technology & Construction

Norwegian exports take an unusual turn
10 February, 2001
Norway now imports much of its roundwood but a ban on the use of CCA-treated timber is forcing the industry to look at more value-added products